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E. W. MATHEWSDN. BXTBNSIBLE CURTAIN SUPPORT.

APPLIoATloN FILED PEB. 1a. 1902.

H0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented January 26, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

EXTENSIBLE CURTAIN-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 750,776, dated January26, 1904.

Application filed February 18, 1902. Serial No. 94,608. (No model.)

T all whmn t may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER W. MATHEwsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Greenwich, in the county of Kent and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ExtensibleOurtain-Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to devices for supporting shade-rollers and thelike; and its object is to provide means whereby even unskilled personsmay readily hang shades or curtains quickly and accurately without anytools whatever and without materially defacing the wall or windowcasings or may instantly take down or replace shades or curtains alreadysuspended by the use of my devices.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front view of my devices asthey appear when in position to support a shade or curtain. Figs. 2, 3,4 are views in the direction of the arrows 2, 3, 4, respectively, ofFig. 1. Figs. 5, 6 are sections on the lines 5 6 6, respectively, ofFig. 2. Fig. 7 is a side view of curtain-supporting hook.

rlhe devices involve an extensible compound bar supported in horizontalposition by two simple hooks and adapted to receive a revoluble ornon-revoluble shade-roller or curtain-rod.

In the views, A and A designate two noncylindrical bars, preferable ofsteel, overlapping each other and each having fixed to its overlappingend portion a clip B or B', passing around and freely sliding upon thecompanion bar, the two clips thus holding the bars together at somewhatwidely separated points and, in effect, making a compound extensiblebar. At its outer end each bar has adependent member C C', provided witha perforation whereby it may be made to support a roller or rod. Asshown, the portion C has a circular aperture D, which may receive therotary gudgeon of an ordinary spring shaderoller, and the other has anon-circular opening D,which may hold the non-cylindricalspringactuating gudgeon usually found at the corresponding end of suchrollers. In the front side or wall of each clip is threaded a setscrew EE', which is adapted to be rotated by the hand and which may be of anyornamental form. One of these screws passes through the clip only, whilethe other passes also through the front bar, and thus each acts againstand clamps the bar which slides in the corresponding clip. As shown,each bar and the corresponding pendent member are integral, the body ofthe bar being arranged with the broader faces in a vertical plane andthe end portions having their broader faces made perpendicular to suchplane by twisting the bar, this being an extremely inexpensiveconstruction. The compound bar when in use is supported in upwardlyopenhooks F, shown as each having an integral pointed screw portion F, whichmay be readily screwed into a casing or the like, the hook serving as asort of handle for this purpose. The set-screws beingloosened, the baris extended, the roller or rod, with the shade or curtain thereon, isplaced between the dependent portions, and the bar is then shorteneduntil the pendent portions engage the roller-gudgeons or the like. Theset-screws are then tightened, when the whole is ready for suspension.One of the hooks is then screwed into the wall or casing at the properheight and as near as may be to the proper position in a horizontalline. One end portion of the bar bearing the roller or rod with thecurtain extended therefrom is then placed in this hook, and the oppositeend is raised or lowered until the curtain hangs properly, when theother hook is engaged with the bar and its point is made to mark thewall or casing. This hook being then screwed into place at the markedpoint and the bar being placed in both hooks, the curtain or shade isproperly hung.

It is to be observed that the bar, roller, and curtain may now be liftedout of the hooks and replaced thereinat will, or the roller or rod maybe removed, while leaving the bar in place, if the set-screws be firstloosened, and, further, that if the whole device be removed the wall orcasing has been defaced only by the insertion of two small screws. It isalso plain that the bar may be extended to adapt it to windows of anyordinary width, and it IOO bars sliding in the clips and bearing attheir front ends ornamental devices concealing the clips, respectively,and the supporting-screws having their Shanks bent into dependent,upwardly open hooks in which the rear and front bars t,respeotively,substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ELMER W. MATHEWSON.

Witnesses:

WM. N. BROWNING, NATH H. BROWN.

